People unversed in technical terminology will talk about an audio system’s 'sound quality,' and what they mean is how good does the system sound to them and how ‘accurate’ is it. But what constitutes ...

Psychoacoustics is the study of sound perception and audiology 1. It is a branch of psychology associated with psychophysics, cognitive psychology, and neuroscience 2. When applied, psychoacoustics ...

Engineers are not just adding more insulation, they are reinventing how interior noise is captured, modeled, and judged so ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Understanding psychoacoustics, how we perceive sound, can lead to better sound system designs as ...

This collection seeks to advance our understanding of how sound is perceived and processed by biological systems, with a particular focus on the cognitive and psychological mechanisms underpinning ...

Psychoacoustics is the field pertaining to perception of sound by human beings. Incorporated within it are the physical interactions that occur between sound fields and the human head, outer ears, and ...

So far in this book we have considered acoustics and psychoacoustics as separate topics. However, real applications often require the combination of the two because although the psychoacoustics tells ...

Ben Vida asks a lot of questions. In fact, asking questions — and rarely expecting to find an answer — might be the central tenet of the experimental composer’s voluminous body of work. Brooklyn-based ...